BlackBerry Cylance is using behavioral biometrics to enhance its Cylance AI security platform. The new features are being introduced under the CylancePERSONA heading, and will deliver continuous authentication to its enterprise-level clients to detect and prevent fraudulent activity.

“Every day, rogue insiders and external threat actors
exploit valid user credentials to launch cyber attacks, so there is a clear
need for organizations to ensure every user logged into their network can be
trusted at all times,” said Blackberry Cylance Chief Product Officer Eric
Cornelius. “CylancePERSONA delivers a scalable, efficient, effective
solution that can ensure trust of the user is continuous.”

To do so, CylancePERSONA creates a Cylance Trust Score based
on individual user activity, monitoring behavior such as login times and
keyboard and mouse actions. That Trust Score goes down whenever the platform
senses an anomaly. If it dips below a certain point, the software can trigger
an authentication request or even suspend the account.

The goal is to identify and respond to suspicious activity
in real time, using behavioral biometrics to improve the existing Cylance AI
and facilitate a more proactive (and more effective) approach to fraud prevention
across an entire corporate network.